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Thousands of devotees celebrate Makar Mela in Nepal amid surge in COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kavrepalanchowk [Nepal], January 15 (ANI): Thousands of devotees flocked to the embankments of Tribeni Ghat in Kavrepalanchowk district in Nepal for the Makar Mela which is held once in every 12 years and began formally on Saturday despite a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Unrest in Kazakhstan was not about LPG prices; it was a conspiracy against
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 14 (ANI): Kazakhstan has had a rocky start to the New Year, with protests spreading across the huge country. This is how a spike in the cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prompted thousands to take to the streets.
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'Thousands of Pakistan Opposition activists to join long march against Imr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): After Pakistan opposition announced a long march against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government from Karachi, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said it expects thousands of its activists will participate in the march, which is scheduled to kick off ne
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Death toll in Pakistan's Murree snowfall surges to 23, thousands of strand
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): The death toll from heavy snowfall in Pakistan's Murree has surged to 23 on Sunday as the forces evacuate over a thousand tourists from the affected area, reported local media.
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Quirky comedy 'Chuddy Buddy' marks superstar Jeet & filmmaker Abhishek
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI/GIPR): When Bengali cinema superstar Jeet decided to venture into the Hindi short film genre, he chose Music director Abhishek Ray to don the mantle of the director as well as screenplay/dialogue writer, Editor and, of course, Music Director. Together, they
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Reconstruction drive transforms lives of rural Nepali women hit by earthqu
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Gorkha [Nepal], January 6 (ANI): The devastating earthquake of 2015 with its epicentre in the mountainous Gorkha district shook the Himalayan Nation of Nepal, claiming nearly 10,000 lives, injuring thousands and displacing over half a million people.
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Voices in the UK grow louder to revoke Blair's knighthood
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are coming together to join the call to strip former prime minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knighthood for his role in Iraq war.
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Kazakhstan cabinet resigns as protests swell over fuel prices
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 5 (ANI): Nation-wide protests continued in Kazakhstan for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday as thousands of people flooded streets against soaring iquefied petroleum gas prices, forcing the Central Asian country's cabinet to resign, media reports said.
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Disqualification in Beijing Olympics 2008 led to birth of One Thousand Hoc
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): In the year 2008 when the Indian hockey team failed to qualify for Olympics, K Arumugam, a freelance journalist, decided to do something for the game: He started an NGO named 'One Thousand Hockey Legs' (OTHL) which started giving training to underprivilege
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Thousands protest COVID measures in Netherlands despite ban on gatherings
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], January 4 (ANI): Thousands of demonstrators in the Netherlands on Sunday defied a government ban on large protests to voice their anger over COVID-19 restrictions.
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Afghanistan reports 10,000 COVID-19 cases, 650 deaths in past 5 months
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 3 (ANI): The Taliban informed that at least ten thousand COVID-19 cases and 650 deaths were reported in Afghanistan in the past five months.
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Assam CM distributes cheques to beneficiaries of Micro-Finance Incentive a
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhemaji (Assam) [India], January 2 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday distributed cheques worth Rs 25,000 each to five-thousand women beneficiaries under the Assam Micro-finance Incentive and Relief Scheme.
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